To identify exactly:
Alternatively, use from Microsoft Sysinternals to look for LowerFilters or UpperFilters entries under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318 (the disk drive class). If you see filter drivers from Nero, Roxio, or Elby, remove them (after backing up the registry). usb device id vid 14cd pid 1212
is allocated to: Shenzhen ARK Microelectronics Co., Ltd. (also known as ARK Micro) (also known as ARK Micro) | Issue |
| Issue | Description | |-------|-------------| | | Many of these devices are USB 2.0 full-speed (12 Mbps) or high-speed (480 Mbps) but with slow flash memory (read ~10 MB/s, write ~3–5 MB/s) | | No TRIM/UNMAP | If it’s a flash drive, no SSD-like trim support over USB | | Fake capacity | Extremely common with this VID/PID — counterfeit flash drives reporting 64GB, 128GB, 256GB but actually having 4GB or 8GB and overwriting data cyclically | | Unreliable controller | ARK’s cheap controllers sometimes exhibit disconnects under heavy write load | | No UAS | Usually only bulk-only transport, no command queuing | disabling USB power management
The USB device with is a harmless and well-supported mass storage controller manufactured by Super Top . While Windows driver errors can be frustrating, they are almost always resolved by reinstalling the native Microsoft drivers, disabling USB power management, or clearing filter driver conflicts.